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No. 484,065. Patented Oct. 11, 1892.

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UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. TAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENSORY GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,065, dated October 11, 1892.

Application filed February 27, 1892. Serial No. 422,985. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OHARLns O. TAYLOR, a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improved Suspensory Garment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a garment especially adapted to be worn by ladies and used to carry babies, parcels, and the like with little fatigue.

It consists in the combination of a network or hammock-like receptacle with a system of bands arranged around the arms, across the back, and around the waist to support the receptacle and its contents.

It consists, also, in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter specified and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the garment, showing its arrangement for use. Fig. 2 is a rear View of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the straps or bands used in supporting the receptacle.

The main object of my invention is to so support the receptacle and its contents that the strain will not be upon the chest or breast of the wearer of the garment, but evenly distributed upon the back, shoulders, and waist. To accomplish this, the receptacle or hammock A is attached, preferably by straps and buckles, to a system of bands, forming somewhat of a skeleton waist. The supportingbands consist of a yoke portion a, placed across the back and connected at each end to the arm portions 1) b, which encircle the arms, being placed around the armpit and shoulder. The yoke a and arm portions b b are connected to the upper ends of back or suspenderlike bands d d, which by preference cross each other about the center of the back of the wearer. The lower ends of these bands d d are connected to a belt or waistband e, which encircles the waist and is buckled in front of the wearer. The hammock or net A is attached to the arm portions 2) 12 below the armpits of the wearer in any suitable manner.

In the drawings two ways of doing this are shown. The ends of the hammocks may be provided with straps f and buckles f, the strap fpassing over the arm portion 1) and buckled to the hammock, as shown in Fig. 1. The arm portions 1) b may also be provided with buckles g, to which straps f of the hammock may be attached. It will be noticed that by my invention the weight of the contents of the receptacle A is sustained by the shoulders, back, and waist of the wearer. The strain on the arm-bands b b is communicated partly to the shoulders through the yoke-band a and partly to theback and waist through the back-bands d d and belt e. There can be no painful strain or pressure upon the breast of the wearer, nor upon the back of the neck, even when in a stoopingposition. The bands of the garment may be easily adjusted to the person. All that is necessary is to pass the arms through the arm-bands b b and buckle the waistband ein position. The garment fits the back snugly, and the receptacle is conveniently held without impeding the breathing or the use of the arms of the wearer.

Having described my invention, What I claim is-- 1. In a suspensory garment, the combination of the yoke-band a and arm-bands b b with the belt or waistband e and with backbands (1 (1, connecting said yoke-band a and arm-bands b b with said waistband e, substantially as described. I

2. The combination of the receptacle A with the yoke-band a, arm-bands b 17, backbands d d, and Waistband 6, said receptacle Abeing fastened to said arm-bands b b and said back-bands d d uniting said yoke-band a and arm-bands b b with the waistband a, substantially as described.

CHARLES C. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, HENRY E. EVERDING. 

